How To Draw A Cat Cartoon

You could use anything! I would suggest either watercolors, colored pencils, or crayons.

You can look up images of cartoon cats first, and then real cats. Learning about cat anatomy will also help you draw cats, whether cartoon or realistic.

It’s just like a lemon with a huge circle on the side. It’s real easy. Try different types of eye drawings to find the one you draw the best.

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Use a pencil most of the time so you can erase your mistakes. Keep on practicing, you’ll get better and better the more you do so. Coloring your picture always makes it look better. Markers and colored pencils really make things look nice.

..so do slender crayons. Try shading after you finish. When doing the sketch, do it lightly so the marks don’t stay. You could always go over the lines later. If you don’t have the same colors, don’t worry.

Any colors can work. Even purple!

Try multiple versions of the cat. Draw one with the same eye size as usual, then another making them smaller, or bigger, or a different shape. Play with it until you find something you think looks good and you like.

You could even try to move the eye placement a little bit, making them closer or farther apart. Keep practicing and you’ll get the affect you want eventually.

You make a triangle, except it’s rounded and pointed at the top. Then you make a curved line down the middle of the ear to separate the inside from the outside.

Don’t worry if you mess up. If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

Practice, practice, practice! In the meantime, using a ruler can help you make sure you’re getting the proportions right.

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Draw the shape of the head. This shape can vary. You could make it fluffy-looking by adding ear tufts, or maybe adding a swirly spiral of hair,etc.

Draw around a bottle or something round and then carefully sketch in the ears and make it look more realistic.

Pencil (We used a green pen for visual purposes, use the pencil so you can erase you mistakes on the outline)

What can I do if every time I get to the eyes, they come out looking weird or creepy?

Overlap further with smaller vertical ovals for the legs of the animal.

The picture here has it yellow, but you can make it any color you like. Not all cats have a different-colored tail, so you could just make it all one color as well.

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Are there different types of cartoon cats that I could learn to draw?

Add the tail, back legs and more detail to the paws. You could make the tail scruffy to give it an “alley cat” look or fluffy, as if it were a “fancy kitty”.

Add in the facial features such as the nose, mouth, whiskers, and color in the eyes, black. Be creative! Maybe add little fangs to the mouth, or a fishtail? Or how about squiggly whiskers if you were drawing a tough cat or an alley cat?

Create a couple of angular straight lines for the eyes and a triangle between them for the nose.

There are many variations of cartoon cats. Tom and Butch from Tom and Jerry, Snowball I, II, and III from the Simpsons, and many others. As you can tell, the styles of them both are very different. This step-by-step guide will show you how to draw a cartoon cat. Let’s begin!

Add detail such as claws and patterns to the tail and face. Spots, stripes, etc.

Extend three straight lines from the ovals and circles for the legs.

Draw steadily, and don’t be too fast. Have patience and keep practicing.

Make the eyes (and ears, if you want) as large as possible, and make the other facial features small. Also, make sure you include very cute-looking paws.

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Add color and you are done! But you don’t have to be. Draw a garden in the background or a simple food bowl, or whatever you can think of.

Sketch out the general shape of the cheeks LIGHTLY with pencil. Then go back over it and polish the shape a little.

Make small curves on either side from the tip of the triangle.

At first, draw the picture lightly. If you make mistakes in your drawing, then it will be easier to erase. Add eyelashes if you would like. If you are drawing a bunch of these cats, eyelashes can easily determine boy from girl.

Create another couple of overlapping ovals for the hind legs.

When I draw the traditional cat, the eyes always look too big for the head. How can I make this not happen?

How do I get the head right without making it look long and kind of evil?

You can only get better at things like drawing by practicing. While drawing does come naturally to some, it doesn’t to most.

Although there are many different cool styles and suggestions on drawing cats, there are none with an anime-cartoon style. Here is a cute cat, with a style or anime-cartoon to it. It’s very easy to draw.

Draw a collar, a body and legs. Once again, creativity is the key. Especially the collar. A tough kitty could have skulls and fish bones. A sweet kitty could have flowers and hearts. Finally, a fancy kitty could have lots and lots of diamonds!

Draw in the eyes, as seen in the image. These are in a sort of anime style, as they are much easier then drawing actual cat eyes. They also make the cat look much more cute.